250 POSITIONS CUT AT U OF CALGARY

The University of Calgary will be eliminating 250 positions due to budget cuts announced by the provincial government last month, officials said Monday.

The university faces “significant budgetary challenges” in light of the provincial budget and had to make “difficult decisions” for its in-year budget, president and vice-chancellor Ed McCauley said in a statement.

Out of the 250 positions the university will be eliminating, a total of 100 positions are being abolished through retirements, vacancies and resignations, McCauley said. The other 150 jobs will be cut in two phases, with the first this month, followed by a second phase in mid-January.

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